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just downloaded firefox and I gotta say it is faster than IE but I dont have my fav's, I cant figure out how to change the homepage and my prize wish toolbar is gone. do I have to download the toolbar again. help please. I dont want to go back to IE this is much nicer.  |
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2007, 10:10:34 AM » |
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you should be able to import favs thru the tools at top of page
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am NOT addicted, nope I am not. Good Grief!!
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2007, 11:27:48 AM » |
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On the Prize Wish main page these is a link for the Firefox Plugin.  http://www.prizerwish.com |
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2007, 12:58:11 PM » |
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You can go to tools then options then click where it says main at the top and you can put in your homepage there.
The other I can't help ya with.
But I like firefox way better than IE.
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2007, 02:09:21 PM » |
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Okay here's a stupid question but I really don't know. What is firefox? Is it a browser like Alta Vista or what. Just curious.
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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2007, 03:33:10 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2007, 05:47:50 PM » |
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http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/Enjoy a Better Web Experience
Firefox 2 delivers helpful new features to make your online experience more productive.
Stay Secure on the Web
Firefox continues to lead the way in online security, and now includes active protection from online scams to keep you safer.
Personalize Your BrowserChoose from over a thousand useful add-ons that enhance Firefox. It’s easy to personalize Firefox to make it your own.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_FirefoxMozilla Firefox (commonly known as just Firefox, officially abbreviated as Fx or fx,[1] and popularly abbreviated FF[2]) is a web browser project managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox's source code is available under the terms of the Mozilla tri-license as free and open source software.[3] Firefox has 14.85% of the world's market share in Web browsers as of October 2007.[4][5] Features included with Firefox are tabbed browsing, spell checker, incremental find (via the Find toolbar), Live bookmarking, an integrated download manager, and a search system that includes Google. A third party developer network has created add-ons which provide specialist functionality. There are more than 2000 add-ons[6] with the most popular including FoxyTunes (MP3 player), AdBlock Plus (block ads), StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web Developer (web tools).[7] Firefox is cross-platform, providing support for various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The current stable release of Firefox is version 2.0.0.9, released on 1 November 2007.[8] And if NONE of these work? Why not try a different Browser? I use IE for most sweeps, but some just won't work for me, so I use FireFox for those - here's a link if you'd like to give it a try: http://download-firefox.org/Performance and network tweaks for Firefox. Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay. Dynamic speed increases can be obtained with the unique prefetching mechanism, which recycles idle bandwidth by silently loading and caching all of the links on the page you are browsing. A popup blocker for popups initiated by Flash plug-ins is also included.
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2007, 12:49:46 AM » |
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I upgraded to IE7. It's been totally revamped since IE6. It is so much more better with far more features and security applications and isn't anything like IE6. It even has tab and window browsing now like Firefox.  |
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2007, 04:52:38 AM » |
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I have to say that IE7 is a big improvement over IE6 and earlier versions especially because of the tabs. You can even have multiple home pages. Just add more than one home page under options and the rest will show up in tabs everytime you start IE. |
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2007, 05:06:05 AM » |
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I went back to IE7. I liked firefox but I didnt like that I could only get the prize wish search box. not the toolbar. I missed my little sa house. |
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« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2007, 06:17:41 AM » |
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Firefox Extentions: What Extentions Are Actually Useful? Mozilla Firefox is known for its Extensions system. But then, how do you figure out if they really are what you want? Some people like myself horde them selfs with 30+ extensions, but some people have just plain old Firefox. Lets see what we can do about that! http://freepctech.com/articles/articles.php?ArticleId=175Ooooh, i've got to check this one out: Foxmarks: Okay, if you have multiple Firefox's (work and home?) then you will love this. Or you could just be like me, and you destroy your system every month or so. Foxmarks is a service that updates your bookmarks to a server for storage. And then enables you to synchronize them so you always have the latest set no matter what browser your at (if it has foxmarks anyways.) I use Firefox Portable on my flashdrive for when I am at school and home so my browser is always the same, but when I forget it, its always nice to have that to fall back to until I get my flashdrive back. GreyLite's Personal Favorite! |
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« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2007, 07:00:04 AM » |
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Firefox Extentions: What Extentions Are Actually Useful? Mozilla Firefox is known for its Extensions system. But then, how do you figure out if they really are what you want? Some people like myself horde them selfs with 30+ extensions, but some people have just plain old Firefox. Lets see what we can do about that! http://freepctech.com/articles/articles.php?ArticleId=175Ooooh, i've got to check this one out: Foxmarks: Okay, if you have multiple Firefox's (work and home?) then you will love this. Or you could just be like me, and you destroy your system every month or so. Foxmarks is a service that updates your bookmarks to a server for storage. And then enables you to synchronize them so you always have the latest set no matter what browser your at (if it has foxmarks anyways.) I use Firefox Portable on my flashdrive for when I am at school and home so my browser is always the same, but when I forget it, its always nice to have that to fall back to until I get my flashdrive back. GreyLite's Personal Favorite! What??????? my head is spinning.  I know how to turn my on, check my email and come to sa. thats about it. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2007, 07:14:18 AM » |
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I spent my 1st 1 1/2 years at g4tv learning about comp security and how to use progs, before I started entering sweeps online, and I only use FF because my son put it on and I checked it out and liked what I saw - my point is, it's all a learning curve - you just have to decide what you want to learn about  |
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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2007, 03:39:17 AM » |
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I love firefox. You can customize it much more than IE (with extensions). On a RARE occasion there are sites that look weird (because the world thinks it revolves around IE). I am just happy to avoid another Microsoft product. They install things on your computer without asking (they add things to updates) I mean yes they put it in the fine print but who really reads that.
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« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2007, 05:08:06 AM » |
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You can customize Firefox nicely. I have a Patriots Football theme with my Firefox. Its all what you like or don't like. |
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« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2007, 01:48:46 PM » |
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I used to like Firefox--now I use Netscape Navigator 9. It's based on the FF code, so you can use their extensions and themes. Here's the link to check it out: http://browser.netscape.com/ |
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« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2007, 04:36:45 PM » |
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I am bound to Firebox because Vista + IE eats up everything a computer has... even if it's a lot. Plus, I like the features of Firefox much more than IE. I get far more sweepstakes entered per day, in much less time!
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« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2007, 12:28:21 PM » |
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MS has been notorious for writing programs that eat too much ram for years. |
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« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2008, 09:59:04 AM » |
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FIREFOX can be d/ld'ed {downloaded} from here: http://download-firefox.org/After you d/ld it, install it and update it {from the java site too} - I have a shortcut on my desktop for easy access. |
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« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2008, 07:24:14 AM » |
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I love FF.. I miss my little SA house though.  I like that I can change it. It has alot of cool add on's. Its just so much better than IE.. I dont like that I couldnt enter that one sweep with it but other than that I love it |
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« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2009, 07:38:12 PM » |
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I surf a lot everyday so I use mostly Firefox. It provides a more secure experience for what I do. Certain sites do work better under IE so I occasionally have to go back to it. Preference wise -- go with FireFox, at the end of the day you will have less headaches.
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« Reply #21 on: September 15, 2009, 03:25:16 AM » |
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FF has bookmarks-not favorites.
Similar but not the same.
The have an add-on called IE-view lite.
It allows you to right click into the IE browser.
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